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AWS Solution Architect professional certification exam preparation- SAP-C02 (2024)

1.Prepare

  • Took SAA-C02 in 2021
  • 50% discount voucher so the cost of SAP-C02 exam is $150
  • Do some projects related to AWS (Services used: EC2, S3, RDS, VPC endpoint, Apprunner, Cloudwatch,...)

2.Exam review

  • Learn start date is December 27, 2023
  • Go to work 8 hours in the morning (sometimes I'm too sad to still look up and study), come back to eat and sleep until 9:00 pm and study from 10:00 pm to 2:00 am (~ 4 hours/day).
  • Lucky enough to learn 4 training courses directly from AWS. Each course lasts 3 days (~96 hours of study). Courses studied include: Cloud Operations on AWS, Developing on AWS, Security Engineering on AWS, AWS Cloud for Finance Professionals. Image description

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  • Use Tutorials Dojo's AWS Cheat Sheets to systematize knowledge
  • Use AWS-SAP-C02-Study-Guide on github.
  • Read the reviews of previous test takers in the group and on medium to see the test content.
  • Use labs in the courses mentioned above for practice + projects.
  • Examtopic exam (should choose SAP-C01 to see more questions - free first 25 pages about 250 questions + SAP-C02). You should look up the original AWS documentation and see the discussions below because the original answer is 80% wrong.

3.Take the exam

  • Exam date May 7, 2024 (more than 4 months to prepare for the exam)
  • Exam time 190 minutes (10 minutes remaining + forgot to register for an additional 30 minutes)
  • Exam location at Trainocate center in Hoang Cau.
  • You should not drink water during the exam because you sit for too long!

4.Results

  • Pass, get an additional 50% discount voucher for the next test.

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Subhash Bohra

Hey Congratulation on Clearing the exam, I am on the path to get this certificate and working on my hands on labs. Hope to clear this before year end.

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